Volunteer Opportunities

Key Responsibilities

• Research potential donors including company's key contacts, charitable giving history, community involvement, areas of giving and contact information.
• Identify relationships between prospects and potential board connections.
• Assist with gift processing, including daily gift log, bundling, and mailing gifts to processing center.
• Provide information to Fundraiser or Stewardship Volunteer for follow-up.
• Prepare PowerPoint deck presentations for corporate donors.
• Print and send outgoing donor communications, such as event mailings (invitations), disaster solicitation mailings during national disaster, donor mailings for end-of-year solicitation, and postcards to steward donors (examples include postcards for Turn and Test, for Thanksgiving, or holiday postcards)
• Provide general office assistance as related to development, including photocopying, as well as assisting with projects and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

 

• Passion for the Red Cross mission and the community
• Ability to work effectively as a member of the Red Cross team
• Knowledge of Red Cross structure, services policies, and procedures
• Knowledge and familiar with using research tools (example: Searching the internet to research donors)
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and written
• Well organized, responsible, trustworthy
• Attention to detail
• Able to work in a team
• Ability to multi-task
• Willingness to comply with current public health and Red Cross  policies.

Training

• Orientation to American Red Cross
• Development Department Orientation